Various methods and systems for designing a restored smile are provided. One method includes receiving scan data of a patient's teeth, developing a digital model of the patient's teeth via a computing device, where the model represents the patient's teeth based upon the scan data, creating a dental treatment plan to restore one or more teeth from an initial condition to a successive condition, and wherein a final condition of the one or more is based on the one or more teeth having at least one planned additional restorative tooth structure provided therewith.
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2. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving, from a user, a selection indicating the at least one or more restorative tooth structure.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein displaying the image of the improved smile comprises displaying the image of the improved smile within an inner lip line in the digital representation of the patient's smile.
4. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving a digital image of the patient's face including the digital representation of the patient's smile.
5. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving a digital model of the patient's teeth from which the dental treatment plan is generated.
6. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving a scan of the patient's teeth from a digital scanner connected to a computing device and forming a digital model of the patient's teeth from the scan of the patient's teeth, wherein the dental treatment plan is generated from the digital model of the patient's teeth.
7. The method of claim 1, wherein providing the tool for manually adjusting the digital representation comprises providing the tool for adding the at least one or more restorative tooth structure.
8. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one or more restorative tooth structure comprises a veneer.
9. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving manual adjustments to the patient's smile made with the tool.
10. The method of claim 1, further comprising showing the patient the image with the improved smile superimposed with an image of the patient's face.
11. The method of claim 1, wherein displaying the image with the improved smile comprises displaying a semi-transparent representation of the improved smile on the image of the patient's face.
13. The method of claim 12, further comprising receiving a digital image of the patient's face including the digital representation of the patient's smile.
14. The method of claim 12, further comprising receiving a digital model of the patient's teeth from which the dental treatment plan is generated.
15. The method of claim 12, further comprising forming a digital model of the patient's teeth from a scan of the patient's teeth, wherein the dental treatment plan is generated from the digital model of the patient's teeth.
16. The method of claim 12, wherein the restorative tooth structure comprises a veneer.
17. The method of claim 12, further comprising receiving a scan of the patient's teeth from a digital scanner connected to a computing device and forming a digital model of the patient's teeth from the scan of the patient's teeth, wherein the dental treatment plan is generated from the digital model of the patient's teeth.
18. The method of claim 12, further comprising showing the patient the image with the improved smile superimposed with the image of the patient's face.
19. The method of claim 12, wherein displaying the image with the improved smile comprises displaying a semi-transparent representation of the improved smile on the image of the patient's face.
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